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Draft Selections
Tae Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (DET)
Tae Johnson
S Notre Dame
Samson Okunlola Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (DET)
Samson Okunlola
OG Miami
Dylan Raiola Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (DET)
Dylan Raiola
QB Oregon
Blake Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (DET)
Blake Frazier
OT Michigan
Jordan Marshall Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (DET)
Jordan Marshall
RB Michigan
Kameryn Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (DET)
Kameryn Crawford
DE-EDGE USC
Nicholas Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (DET)
Nicholas Rodriguez
LB Missouri
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (DET)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Tavion Gadson Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (DET)
Tavion Gadson
DL Kentucky
Brett Norfleet Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DET)
Brett Norfleet
TE Missouri
Tao Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (DET)
Tao Johnson
S UCLA
Draft Picks Received
Tae Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NE)
Tae Johnson
S Notre Dame
Dylan Raiola Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (TEN)
Dylan Raiola
QB Oregon
Blake Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (GB)
Blake Frazier
OT Michigan
Jordan Marshall Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (GB)
Jordan Marshall
RB Michigan
Nicholas Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (TEN)
Nicholas Rodriguez
LB Missouri
Tavion Gadson Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CAR)
Tavion Gadson
DL Kentucky
Brett Norfleet Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (SEA)
Brett Norfleet
TE Missouri
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kenyatta Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (NE)
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Ahmad Moten Sr. Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (NE)
Ahmad Moten Sr.
DL Miami
Malachi Breland Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (CAR)
Malachi Breland
OG Arkansas
La'khi Roland Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (CAR)
La'khi Roland
CB Maryland
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Christian Gonzalez
CB
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Olu Oluwatimi
C
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Jose Ramirez
LB
Players traded away
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Brock Wright
TE
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Christian Mahogany
OG
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Jabari Small
RB
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Joe Bachie
LB
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Khalil Dorsey
CB
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Larry Borom
OT
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Mekhi Wingo
DT
Draft Grade — Lions
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedC TradesA+ FutureB-
The Lions fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.

The Lions treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending No. 200 on Tavion Gadson a full 59 spots early.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They banked enough surplus on Johnson to cover a lot of smaller sins. With wide receiver unsolved, spending premium capital on safety is the choice that costs them.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick45 Rnd2 Tae Johnson
Of all the spots to shop, they chose safety. Tae Johnson in the Round 2 slot leaves wide receiver for later.
Pick89 Rnd3 Samson Okunlola
A tidy little value on Samson Okunlola in the 89th overall pick, a step better than break-even. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick107 Rnd4 Dylan Raiola
A reach on Dylan Raiola in slot 107; the board had better options right there. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick115 Rnd4 Blake Frazier
Blake Frazier at No. 115 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick117 Rnd4 Jordan Marshall
A want over a need in pick 117: Jordan Marshall adds a running back while wide receiver keeps waiting.
Pick129 Rnd4 Kameryn Crawford
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Kameryn Crawford well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick141 Rnd5 Nicholas Rodriguez
Nicholas Rodriguez in Round 5, Pick 4 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
They paid sticker price for Jermaine Mathews Jr. in the Round 5 slot, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick200 Rnd6 Tavion Gadson
They reached into another round for Tavion Gadson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Need-wise, a curious use of the pick.
Pick204 Rnd6 Brett Norfleet
Brett Norfleet in the 204th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick206 Rnd6 Tao Johnson
Tao Johnson at pick No. 206 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A pick in search of a role on this roster.